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Brazilian coastal defense ship Floriano

Brazilian coastal defense ship Marshal Deodoro NH 101480.jpg
Sister ship Deodoro during the Rio de Janeiro visit of the US Great White Fleet in 1908
History
Brazil
Name: Marshal Floriano
Namesake: Floriano Peixoto
Ordered: 1890s
Builder: Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France
Laid down: 1896
Launched: 1898
Completed: 1900
Decommissioned: 1924
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type: Coast defense ship
Displacement: 3,162 tons standard
Length: 267 feet 6 inches (82 m)
Beam: 47 feet 3 inches (14 m)
Draught: 13 feet 2 inches (4 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 15.5 knots (29 km/h; 18 mph) maximum
Complement: 200
Armament:
Armour:
  • Belt: 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) depth, 13.75 inches (349 mm) tapering to 4 inches (100 mm) thick
  • Deck: 1.3 inches (33 mm)
  • Casemate: 2.9 in (74 mm)
  • Turret face: 8.6 in (220 mm)

Floriano was a Deodoro-class coastal defense ship built for the Brazilian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century.



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